In this lecture, I talk about the thorny problem of predicting performance: academic, industrial, creative and entrepreneurial); about the practical utility of such prediction, in the business and other environments; about the economic value of accurate prediction (in hiring, placement and promotion) -- which is incredibly high.

Intelligence (psychometrically measured IQ) is the best predictor of performance in complex, ever changing environments. Conscientiousness is the (next) best predictor, particularly in the military, in school and in conservative businesses. Agreeable people make better caretakers; disagreeable people, better disciplinarians and negotiators (within reasonable bounds). Open people are artistic, creative and entrepreneurial. Extraverts are good socially. Introverts work well in isolation. People low in neuroticism have higher levels of tolerance for stress (but may be less sensitive to real signs of danger).

Match the career you pursue to your temperament, rather than trying to adjust the latter. Although some adjustment is possible, there are powerful biological determinants of the five personality dimensions and IQ (particularly in environments where differences are allowed to flourish).

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1. 01. Introduction: Personality from Multiple Angles
2. 02/03. Historical & Mythological Context
3. 04/05. Heroic and Shamanic Initiations
4. 06. Jean Piaget & Constructivism
5. 07. Carl Jung and the Lion King (Part 1)
6. 08. Carl Jung and the Lion King (Part 2)
7. 09. Freud and the Dynamic Unconscious
8. 10. Humanism & Phenomenology: Carl Rogers
9. 11. Existentialism: Nietzsche Dostoevsky & Kierkegaard
10. 12. Phenomenology: Heidegger, Binswanger, Boss
11. 13. Existentialism via Solzhenitsyn and the Gulag
12. 14. Introduction to Traits/Psychometrics/The Big 5
13. 15. Biology/Traits: The Limbic System
14. 16. Biology/Traits: Incentive Reward/Neuroticism
15. 17. Biology and Traits: Agreeableness
16. 18. Biology & Traits: Openness/Intelligence/Creativity I
17. 19. Biology & Traits: Openness/Intelligence/Creativity II
18. 20. Biology & Traits: Orderliness/Disgust/Conscientiousness
19. 21. Biology & Traits: Performance Prediction
20. 22. Conclusion: Psychology and Belief

Psychology 230H is a course that concentrates to a large degree on philosophical and neuroscientific issues, related to personality. It is divided into five primary topics, following an introduction and overview. The first half of the course deals with classic, clinical issues of personality; the second, with biological and psychometric issues. Students who are interested in clinical psychology, moral development, functional neurobiology and psychometric theory should adapt well to the class. An intrinsic interest in philosophical issues is a necessity.